Bant Ephara

Standard GWU (Bant)

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Creature (16)

• 4x Boon Satyr
• 3x Ephara, God of the Polis
• 2x Prime Speaker Zegana
• 3x Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
• 4x Voice of Resurgence

Planeswalker (4)

• 2x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 2x Jace, Architect of Thought

Land (24)

• 4x Breeding Pool
• 4x Hallowed Fountain
• 4x Temple Garden
• 4x Temple of Enlightenment
• 4x Temple of Mystery
• 4x Temple of Plenty

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Detention Sphere

Instant (12)

• 4x Advent of the Wurm
• 4x Rootborn Defenses
• 4x Selesnya Charm

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Sideboard

Instant (9)

• 3x Cyclonic Rift
• 3x Simic Charm
• 3x Turn / Burn

Sorcery (6)

• 3x Revoke Existence
• 3x Supreme Verdict

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Maybeboard

Creature (11)

• 2x Heliod, God of the Sun
• 2x Karametra, God of Harvests *f-etch*
• 4x Loxodon Smiter
• 3x Prophet of Kruphix

Instant (9)

• 3x Gainsay
• 3x Sphinx's Revelation
• 3x Swan Song

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Thinking out ideas for new Standard and Ephara post BotG release.

Main Themes:

• Ephara - Card Advantage. Occasionally, she might even turn into a big indestructible creature, so that's neat too.

• Flash Creatures (Advent of the Wurm, Boon Satyr) - Gets around pesky Supreme Verdicts, still triggers Ephara's draw trigger.

• Trostani/Rootborn Defenses - Populate, wrath survival, and life gain.

• Prime Speaker - More card draw (currently on the "first to cut" list)

• Elspeth - Makes more tokens for your army, wraths away problems (like Blood Baron)

Current considerations:

• Karametra - Her + Trostani = almost already a creature (6 devotion). I really want to find a way to make this work, but it seems Karametra might just not be fast enough for Standard

• Heliod - Making tokens is neat - also pretty easy to turn into a creature with the white in the deck

• Sphinx's Revelation - Would like to include, but want to keep permanent count high to maximize Trostani and Ephara.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 6 Rares 4 - 6 Uncommons 4 - 3 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.44
Tokens	Elemental */* GW, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Knight 2/2 W w/ Vigilance, Soldier 1/1 W, Wurm 5/5 G w/ Trample